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Notices for resumption of 15 bhavans
Chandigarh, December 28
Notices for the resumption of property have been issued to the owners of 15 bhavans in the city. The Chandigarh Administration has found the land allotted on concessional rates to various social organisations was being misused for commercial activity.

It’s year-end, so work can wait!
Chandigarh, December 28
All those who are thinking of getting work done at government offices in the city should better wait till 2006! Government offices are wearing a deserted look since Monday morning thanks to the use-all-your-casual leave syndrome that employees suffer from during this time of the year.

Smoke screens Chandigarh's beauty: Commuters find their way through a thick curtain of smoke as work of repairing roads continues on a wintery morning in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

3 held for snatching mobile
Chandigarh, December 28
The desire to have an expensive mobile phone today landed three youngsters behind bars. The local police arrested three college students on the charge of snatching a mobile phone belonging to their classmate.

Probe sought into death of woman, child
Chandigarh, December 28
A 32-year-old woman and her newly born child died at a local nursing home here last week. According to the nursing home, the incident took place due to a rare condition that caused extensive bleeding, causing death. Relatives of the deceased, on the other hand, alleged that proper care was not taken, that led to loss of blood and caused the death of the woman and her child.

Minor booked for rape bid
Chandigarh, December 28
A minor boy allegedly attempted to rape a seven-year-old girl living in his neighbourhood in Janata Colony, Sector 25, here this afternoon. The accused fled when people got wind of this deed.

Chandigarh to have series of water bodies
Chandigarh, December 28
The city will soon have a series of water bodies, including a new lake that will be built in an area of about two and a half kilometres near the Botanical Garden on the Sukhna Choe. The Chandigarh Administration will also examine the feasibility and practicability of launching a floating restaurant in the Sukhna Lake with adequate ecological safeguards.

Still in transit camps one year after tsunami
Chandigarh, December 28
Even after one year of the tsunami that had devastated large parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, life continues to be shaky for hundreds of people living in the islands, especially in the Campbell Bay area where Punjabi and Haryanvi families are settled in good number.

Man cons bank, cell phone company
Mohali, December 28
For a city that has more mobile phone users than anywhere else in the country, there is a warning for those who do not have a mobile connection: please check the statements of your bank accounts just in case someone’s mobile telephone bill is being paid from your bank account.

COMMUNITY

Encroachments by 30 junk dealers removed
Chandigarh, December 28
Over 30 junk dealers, who had illegally occupied prime land to operate their business, were removed by the enforcement staff of the Chandigarh Administration in Industrial Area, Phase II here today.

Protest against PUDA over acquisition of temple land

Mohali, December 28 Residents of Mataur village organised a protest against the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) for alleged forcible acquisition of the land belonging to the historical Satya Narain Mandir. Members of Sri Satya Narain Mandir protest against the construction of a road in the sarovar of Sri Satya Narain Mandir by PUDA at Motore village in Mohali on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Rs 250 cr more to be spent on roads, bridges
Chandigarh, December 28
About Rs 250 crore more will be spent this year on the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and government buildings as compared to last year. A spokesman of the Public Works Department (Buildings and Roads) said here today that the government would spend Rs 724.68 crore on this account as against Rs 480 crore spent last year.

Hike in sewerage charges flayed
Mohali, December 28
The Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising welfare bodies from different areas of the town, and the local city committee of the Communist Party of India (CPI) today condemned the government for increasing water and sewerage charges in the town.

Relocation of religious structures recommended
Chandigarh, December 28
The sub group on “Encroachment and unauthorised religious structures”, constituted by the UT Administrator has recommended relocation of unauthorised religious structures.

Vaishnavi’s books released

Chandigarh, December 28 Four books written by Dr Chetna Vaishnavi, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroentrology, PGIMER, were released at a function held at PGIMER, here today. From left: Prof B.N.S. Walia, Prof K.K. Talwar and Prof K.N. Pathak release the books of Chetana Vaishnavi (also in picture) at the PGI in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Man on a mission Chandigarh, December 28 With a message to keep the environment clean, 49-year-old Ramesh Kumar Ramji Das Gupta, from Pune is on a silent mission. Landing at The Tribune gate at 7 pm, Ramesh who originally hails from Ludhiana but is now settled in Maharashtra, has gone on five bicycle tours before. Interestingly, on his fourth bicycle tour in 2003, he rode to Nepal. Ramesh Kumar Ramji Das Gupta of Pune on way to Shimla on his sixth bicycle tour. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

F-forms in short supply, traders cry foul
Chandigarh, December 28
Traders in Zirakpur and Dera Bassi have complained that there is an acute shortage of F- forms in the Sales Tax offices in Punjab. They allege that since the past eight months they are facing shortage of forms.

Woman alleges encroachment on her land
Mohali, December 28
A resident of Jagatpura village has alleged that some persons of the area were trying to encroach upon a piece of land owned by her. Ms Raj Kaur said in a complaint to the police that yesterday some persons forcibly unloaded trolleys of cowdung on the land in question.

CRIME

2 held for theft of pashmina wool
Chandigarh, December 28
The police today arrested a truck driver and his assistant on the charge of decamping with a truck loaded with pashmina wool worth about Rs 40 lakh. The police recovered the truck and half of the stolen wool from their possession.

BUSINESS

Legal resettlement firm launches operations
Chandigarh, December 28
Comprehensive Counsel, an e-based legal resettlement company, launched its operations in India today. It is a Canada based company that has associate lawyers in each country that receive immigrants and students from India. The company will be having an office in the city to cater to the north with its services.

EDUCATION

Protest by unemployed teachers

Chandigarh, December 28 Agitated over the decision taken by the Punjab Government in a cabinet-level meeting to not to give jobs on regular basis, the unemployed teachers today burnt an effigy of the ‘false promises’ made by the state government at the Matka Chowk, here today. Agitating unemployed elementary teachers being dispersed at Matka Chowk, Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

COURTS

Company told to refund money 
Chandigarh, December 28
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal, Forum-II, has directed M/s Frontier Trading, marketers of Japan Life mattresses, to refund Rs 93,500 each to five complainants along with interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. The forum has also awarded Rs 3,000 as costs in each case.

CULTURE

City Beautiful’s date with laughter Chandigarh, December 28 Star One hosted an evening with comedians from the Great Indian Laughter show at the Bhargava Auditorium at the PGI here today. Bollywood actor Shekhar Suman and cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu led the team of six laughter champions for the show. The artistes — Sunil Pal, Raju Srivastav, Ahsaan Kureshi, Bhagwant Mann, Gurprit Ghuggi and Deepak Raja — regaled the city crowd. Shekhar Suman and Navjot Singh Sidhu at Great Indian Laughter Show at the PGI in Chandigarh on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

HEALTH

Measures to check spread of viral hepatitis
Chandigarh, December 28
In the wake of detection of few cases of viral hepatitis at Hallomajra village, the Health Department has instituted the prevention and control measures to check the further spread of such cases in the affected areas.

Office-bearers of dental association

SPORTS

Top-seeded players excel in YMCA tennis tourney
Chandigarh, December 28
The day belonged to seeded players in The Fort Ramgarh YMCA Total Tennis Championship, being played on the YMCA Total Tennis Academy’s Sector 11 premises.

A promising local cricketer
Chandigarh, December 28
Promising local cricketer Himanshu Chawla has been creating waves in the sport with his dynamic performances at national-level tournaments held recently. Himanshu was instrumental in Chandigarh winning the Under-16 Vinoo Mankad Trophy in the School National Games for the first time. Himanshu Chawla 

Stage set for ITF junior tourney
Chandigarh, December 28
Kinshuk Sharma, young promising CLTA player with world ranking of 269, will be the local favourite in the first international tennis tournament of 2006, — ITF Grade 3 Junior Tennis Tournament — to be held at the Sector 10 CLTA Tennis Stadium here from January 2 to 6.